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US-7493020

Digital video multiplex processing method and device

PublishedFebruary 17, 2009
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Technical Abstract

A digital video multiplex processing method comprises the following steps: setting a normal play index and a fast play index; performing a normal recording/playback action of a video data; determining whether to let the video data enter a cue-and-jump action; taking track of the fast play index in the video data; performing conversion of the video data; and setting the normal play index to be equal to the fast play index. A digital video multiplex processing device comprises a video medium readout unit, a drive interface unit, a data regulation unit, a data buffer unit, an image decoding unit, a sound decoding unit, an image processing unit, a sound processing unit, and a control unit. The control unit is used to receive operation instructions of a user to control the operation of the digital video multiplex processing device.

Patent Claims
18 claims

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1. A digital video multiplex processing method comprising the steps of: setting a normal play index and a fast play index; performing a normal recording/playback action of a video data; determining whether to start a multi-task search; repeating the step of performing the normal recording/playback action of a video data when the multi-task search has not been started; performing a multi-task function for executing a playback and a fast forward/reverse of the video data simultaneously and non exclusionary mutually when the multi-task search has started; taking track of said fast play index in said video data; determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action; setting said normal play index to be equal to said fast play index when the video data has entered the cue-and-jump action; and repeating the step of performing the normal recording/playback action of the video data when the video data has not been entered the cue-and-jump action.

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2. A digital video multiplex processing device comprising: a video medium readout unit used to read data in a video medium into an electric digital signal, said video medium being a video medium of an optical disc, a hard disc or transmitted via a network; a drive interface unit electrically connected with a video medium readout unit to convert said electric digital signal into an ATA interface format; a data regulation unit electrically connected with said drive interface unit; a data buffer unit electrically connected with said drive interface unit and said data regulation unit and used to store an output video data, a normal play time point and a fast play time point of said drive interface unit and continuously output to said data regulation unit in a multiplex way to accomplish multiplex vide decoding; an image decoding unit electrically connected with said data regulation unit; a sound decoding unit electrically connected with said data regulation unit; an image processing unit electrically connected with said image decoding unit; a sound processing unit electrically connected with said sound decoding unit; and a control unit electrically connected with said drive interface unit, said data regulation unit, said image decoding unit and said image processing unit, wherein the control unit receives operation instructions of a user to control the operation when said digital video multiplex processing device executes a fast forward/reverse during a playback of the video data, the video data being divided into a main video data and a sub-video data, and being converted and outputted a main frame image compressed block and a sub-frame image compressed block individually to accomplish the playback and the fast forward/reverse of the video data simultaneously and non exclusionary mutually.

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3. The digital video multiplex processing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein borders of the sub-frame image and the main frame image is located at borders of a block unit.

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4. The digital video multiplex processing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a multi-task is achieved by a time division multi-task.

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5. The digital video multiplex processing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a multi-task is achieved by a parallel multi-task.

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6. The digital video multiplex processing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the image processing unit utilizes a fade-in, a fade-out, or a sliding effect to output a frame of the video data when executing a cue-and-jump action after the fast forward/reverse processing.

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7. The digital video multiplex processing.device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the sound decoding unit uses a crescendo or a decrescendo of volume processing to output a voice when executing a cue-and-jump action after the fast forward/reverse processing.

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8. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the step of performing a normal recording/playback action of a video data, further comprises the steps of: determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action; repeating the step of performing the normal recording/playback action of a video data when the video data has not been entered the cue-and-jump action; and performing the cue-and-jump action when the video data has entered the cue-and-jump action.

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9. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the step of determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action, further comprises a step of performing conversion of a video data.

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10. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein in the step of determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action, further comprises a step of performing conversion of a video data.

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11. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the step of performing a multi-task function further comprises a step of enabling the multi-task function of the video data and a step of disabling the multi-task function of the video data.

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12. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the step of enabling the multi-task function of the video data, further comprises: enabling a multi-task buffer function of the video data; enabling a multi-task decoding function of the video data; performing a multi-task recording/playback function of the decoded video data; updating the normal play index and the fast play index; determining whether to stop the multi-task search; performing the step of disabling the multi-task function of the video data when the multi-task search has been stopped; performing the step of updating the normal play index and return to the step of performing a normal recording/playback action of a video data when the multi-task search has not been stopped.

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13. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the multi-task function is achieved through by a main frame image of a main video data and a sub-frame image of a sub-video data.

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14. A digital video multiplex processing method comprising the steps of: setting a normal play index and a fast play index; performing a recording/playback action of a video data of the normal play index; determining whether to start a multi-task search; updating the normal play index and returning to the step of performing a recording/playback action of a video data when the multi-task search has not been started; and performing a multi-task function and recording the fast play index of the video data, and continuing to update the normal play index to accomplish a playback and a fast forward/reverse of the video data simultaneously and non exclusionary mutually when the multi-task search has been started.

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15. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the step of recording the fast play index of the video data further comprises: determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action; updating the normal play index when the cue-and-jump action has not been entered; when the cue-and-jump action has been entered, further comprises: setting the normal play index to be equal to the fast play index; and repeating the step of performing a recording/playback action of a video data of the normal play index.

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16. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein in the step of performing a recording/playback action of a video data of the normal play index further comprises: determining whether to let said video data enter a cue-and-jump action; determining whether to start a multi-task search when the cue-and-jump action has not been entered; when the cue-and-jump action has been entered, further comprises: setting the normal play index to be equal to the fast play index; and repeating the step of performing a recording/playback action of a video data of the normal play index.

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17. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the step of executing the cue-and-jump action further comprises a step of executing a video data conversion action.

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18. The digital video multiplex processing method as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the step of executing the cue-and-jump action further comprises a step of executing a video data conversion action.

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September 3, 2004

Publication Date

February 17, 2009

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